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Andy Rice

In In between all the other events I’ve attended over the past few months, I didn’t get a chance to update you on the Allianz Sailing World Championships. This is the big event that only happens every four years where all 10 Olympic disciplines contest their Worlds at the same place at the same time. It’s a huge undertaking for any venue, and Scheveningen – the seaside resort near The Hague in The Netherlands – was creaking at the seams when the Olympic bandwagon rolled into town in mid-August.

This event was the first opportunity for sailors

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